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THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT BAN ON A QUESTION ABOUT TEXAS, YOUR STATE HAS EXECUTED 234 DEATH ROW INMATES, MORE THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNOR IN MODERN TIMES. >> DID...
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YOUR STATE HAS EXECUTED 234 DEATH ROW INMATES, MORE THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNOR IN MODERN TIMES. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 00:00:39 |
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WHEN I SEE THIS CLIP, IT MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE WORLD IS COMING TO. THERE IS A LOSS OF
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MANY LIVES, THE WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE. >> I STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IF YOU COMMIT MORE HEINOUS CRIMES, HE DESERVES A PUNISHMENT. >>
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IS THE DEATH PENALTY MORAL? >> IS THE DEATH PENALTY RACIST? >> DOES THE DEATH PENALTY MAKE US SAFER? >> DOES THE DEATH PENALTY -- IS THE DEATH PENALTY...
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EIGHTH AMENDMENT
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| 00:01:18 |
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SAYS IT SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. >> HERE IS
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| 00:01:22 |
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ONE OF THE REPORTS -- JUSTICE: IT IS TALKING ABOUT WHY THE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT COUNT AS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. >> NO AMERICAN
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EVER VOTED TO ADOPT A CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION THAT ELIMINATED THAT AS OPTION.
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| 00:01:39 |
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THE LIVING CONSTITUTIONALISTS WILL SAY TIMES CHANGE AND IS UP TO ME TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD CORAL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. THAT IS A CONSTITUTION THAT...
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| 00:02:04 |
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THE DEATH PENALTY: UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. >> OUR SUPREME COURT HAS FOUND THAT THE DEATH PENALTY IS FINE UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION.
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SO FAR, OUR SUPREME COURT HAS FOUND THAT THE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT MEET CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE CERTAIN METHODS...
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WILL NOT DEPRIVE A PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR DUE PROCESS WITHOUT BENEFIT L OFAW. >>
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THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA AND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS THAT
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| 00:03:24 |
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WE ARE A SYSTEM OF HUMAN BEINGS. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS RIGHT AND WHO WE IDENTIFY AS THE PERPETRATOR OF CRIMES. THERE...
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SOMEBODY. BLACKS AND WHITES ARE VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE IN ABOUT EQUAL NUMBERS IN THE U.S. IN THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN DEATH PENALTY IN THE U.S. -- 80% OF...
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| 00:04:36 |
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I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM BUT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING A TICKET AND EXECUTING SOMEONE. YOU
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CAN NEVER TAKE A LIFE BACK. >> LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST QUESTION -- DOES THE DEATH PENALTY MAKE A STATEMENT? >> THE
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| 00:04:56 |
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STATISTICS SAY IT DOES NOT MAKE US SAFER. >> THAT IS A VERY INTENSE QUESTION. MY HEART TELLS ME KNOW.
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NO BUT MY MIND SOMETIMES TELLS ME YES. WHEN I, AS A MOTHER, THINK OF SOMETHING HAPPENING TO MY CHILDREN AND SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING TO HURT THEM, MY FIRST...
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WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE A LIFE NO MATTER HOW DIRTY THAT PERSON IS. >>
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IF YOU FACE -- IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME, YOU MAKE -- YOU NEED TO DO THE TIME. >> I WOULD
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SAYNO MAINLY BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO BE CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND THE VENICE AND AND BE ON DEATH ROW. >>
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PEOPLE CAN BE EXECUTED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. >> PEOPLE RALLIED T AROUNDROY'S CASE
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AND WONDERED HOW SOCIETY LIKE OURS CONNECTS TO A POTENTIALLY INNOCENT
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| 00:06:11 |
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MAN WHEREUPON AMERICA COULD FINALLY JOIN THE RANKS OF THE OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE BARRED THE USE OF THIS BARBARIC FORM OF...
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| 00:06:31 |
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THE IDEA THAT ANY ONE OF THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN A SENSE? >>
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| 00:06:36 |
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NO, SIR, I HAVE NEVER STRUGGLED WITH THAT AT ALL. WHEN SOMEONE COMMITS THE MOST HEINOUS OF CRIMES AGAINST OUR CITIZENS, THEY GET A FAIR HEARING,
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| 00:06:44 |
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THEY GO THERE AND APPELLATE PROCESS, THEY GO UP TO THE SUPREME COURT OF UNITED STATES IF THAT'S REQUIRED. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IF YOU COME INTO OUR...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.